• Genesis 4:1-16
  • We must overcome plain old anger
    • Genesis 4:5
    • Anger itself is not necessarily sinful
    • Proverbs 16:32
    • Colossians 3:12-15 – We must learn to control anger.
  • Living “by faith” is “righteous”
    • Genesis 4:3; Hebrews 11:4 – Abel offered his sacrifice by faith. This implies that he has instruction from God about how to worship.
  • Doing a good thing the wrong way is “evil.”
    • Genesis 4:5
    • Leviticus 10:1-2 – Nadab and Abihu
    • I Samuel 15:21-22
    • I John 3:11-12
  • Everybody has a choice
    • Genesis 4:6-7 – God reminds Cain of his choice.
  • We should fess up.
    • Matthew 6:7-8